Ron Butler has narrated 146 audiobooks on Listento.it by 132 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.2★ across 3,035 ratings. The most-rated is Kingdom of Ash.
Solid Soul
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In the real world, there was no way flower shop owner Kylie Hagan would ever meet up with millionaire Chance Steele. But the world of single parents and teenage hormones brought them together the first time - and a simmering passion they both tried to deny wouldn't keep them apart for long. Chance made her think of hot, sultry Southern nights. Kylie had him imagining satin sheets and soul-stirring kisses. But in the cold light of day, they had to resist each other. There was no way they'd let uncontrollable desire ignite their carefully protected hearts. But some things they couldn't ignore....
©2009 Brenda Jackson (P)2021 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Disposable City
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A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City - a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide. Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century. Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. From sunny day flooding caused by higher tides to a sewer system on the brink of total collapse, the city undeniably lives in a climate changed world. In Disposable City, Miami resident Mario Alejandro Ariza shows us not only what climate change looks like on the ground today, but also what Miami will look like 100 years from now, and how that future has been shaped by the city's racist past and present. As politicians continue to kick the can down the road and Miami becomes increasingly unlivable, real estate vultures and wealthy residents will be able to get out or move to higher ground, but the most vulnerable communities, disproportionately composed of people of color, will face flood damage, rising housing costs, dangerously higher temperatures, and stronger hurricanes that they can't afford to escape. Miami may be on the front lines of climate change, but the battle it's fighting today is coming for the rest of the US - and the rest of the world - far sooner than we could have imagined even a decade ago. Disposable City is a thoughtful portrait of both a vibrant city with a unique culture and the social, economic, and psychic costs of climate change that call us to act before it's too late.
©2020 Mario Alejandro Ariza (P)2020 Hachette Audio
Size Zero
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"A somber, disturbing mystery fused with a scathing look at the fashion industry. Mangin writes in a confident, razor-edged style." (Kirkus Reviews) Condom dresses and space helmets have debuted on runways. A dead body becomes the trend when a coat made of human skin saunters down fashion’s biggest stage. The body is identified as Annabelle Leigh, the teenager who famously disappeared more than a decade ago from her boyfriend’s New York City mansion. This new evidence casts suspicion back on the former boyfriend, Cecil LeClaire. Now a monk, he is forced to return to his dark and absurd childhood home to clear his name. He teams up with Ava Germaine, a renegade ex-model. And together, they investigate the depraved and lawless modeling industry behind Cecil’s family fortune. They find erotic canes, pet rats living in crystal castles, and dresses made of crushed butterfly wings. But Cecil finds more truth in the luxury goods than in the people themselves. Everyone he meets seems to be wearing a person-suit. Terrified of showing their true selves, the glitterati put on flamboyant public personas to make money and friends. Can Cecil find truth in a world built on lies? "Beautifully packaged and true to its idealistic vision, Size Zero pierces the myths that perpetuate and protect an abusive, exploitative industry." (Foreword Reviews) "This patchwork swipe at high fashion, wealth, and body image successfully horrifies...." (Publishers Weekly) "A sharply perverse dark comedy set in the high fashion industry." (IndieReader) "Size Zero is that kind of book that gets you off a reader's block moment." (Pacific Book Review, starred review) “Size Zero is visceral and disturbing. The narrative exposes the dark underbelly of modeling, focusing on unethical practices, charlatans, mental and physical illnesses, and the abuse that young women face as they pursue celebrity. Elements of the novel are splashy and outré, distorting stereotypes of glitterati and their carefully guarded world.” (Foreword Reviews)
©2020 Abigail Mangin (P)2020 Visage Media LLC
His to Claim
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New York Times best-selling author. It could be his toughest mission yet: win back his wife. When Navy SEAL and honorary Westmoreland Mac McRoy returns home, he discovers his wife has left. Teri has retreated to the Wyoming ranch they’d planned to visit together and is resentful when he follows. She doesn’t want a second honeymoon; she wants a marriage Mac doesn’t take for granted. But life-or-death circumstances are about to put their love to the ultimate test.
©2019 Brenda Jackson (P)2019 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Risky Pleasures
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Although frustrated in his attempt to acquire Steele Corporation, arrogant millionaire Cameron Cody will not be denied the firm's most attractive asset, Vanessa Steele. So when Cameron learns that Vanessa is house-sitting for her sister in Jamaica, he buys the adjoining property and makes her an offer she can't refuse. Cameron is determined to prove to Vanessa that he is the one temptation she cannot resist, but she is equally determined to prove him wrong. What Vanessa doesn't suspect is that Cameron intends to brand her so deeply with his island passion, that once they're back in the States, she'll be the one in hot pursuit.
©2007 Brenda Jackson (P)2021 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Westmoreland's Way
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Mr. November: Dillon Westmoreland, real-estate tycoon Objective: Pamela Novak, business owner Strategic plan: seduce and rescue There was a secret to Dillon Westmoreland's heritage - and Pamela Novak had the key. Though the raven-haired beauty was ensnared by her shifty fiancé, Dillon - eldest of the Denver Westmoreland clan - couldn't resist a mind-blowing night in her arms. And after that incredible passion...well, once a Westmoreland claimed the woman he wanted, he wouldn't let anything tear them apart!
©2009 Brenda Jackson (P)2021 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Beyond Temptation & Risky Pleasures
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Beyond Temptation Sexy millionaire Morgan Steele will settle for nothing less than the perfect woman. And when he lays his arrogant eyes on sultry Lena Spears, he believes he’s found her. There’s only one problem, the lady in question seems totally immune to his charm. Morgan is determined to convince the sassy career woman that he’s Mr. Right. He wines and dines her. He promises her the baby she desperately wants and the financial security she craves. And given time, Morgan is certain that once he gets Lena into his bed, she’ll never want to leave.... Risky Pleasures Although frustrated in his attempt to acquire Steele Corporation, arrogant millionaire Cameron Cody will not be denied the firm’s most attractive asset, Vanessa Steele. So when Cameron learns that Vanessa is house-sitting for her sister in Jamaica, he buys the adjoining property and makes her an offer she can’t refuse.... Cameron is determined to prove to Vanessa that he is the one temptation she cannot resist, but she is equally determined to prove him wrong. What Vanessa doesn’t suspect is that Cameron intends to brand her so deeply with his island passion, that once they’re back in the States, she’ll be the one in hot pursuit.
©2007 Brenda Jackson (P)2021 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Beautiful Country Burn Again
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In a sweeping work of reportage set over the course of 2016, New York Times best-selling author Ben Fountain recounts a surreal year of politics and an exploration of the third American existential crisis. Twice before in its history, the US has been faced with a crisis so severe it was forced to reinvent itself in order to survive: first, the struggle over slavery, culminating in the Civil War, and the second, the Great Depression, which led to President Roosevelt’s New Deal and the establishment of America as a social-democratic state. In a sequence of essays that excavate the past while laying bare the political upheaval of 2016, Ben Fountain argues the US may be facing a third existential crisis, one that will require a “burning” of the old order as America attempts to remake itself. Beautiful Country Burn Again narrates a shocking year in American politics, moving from the early days of the Iowa Caucus to the crystalizing moments of the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and culminating in the aftershocks of the weeks following election night. Along the way, Fountain probes deeply into history, illuminating the forces and watershed moments of the past that mirror and precipitated the present, from the hollowed-out notion of the American Dream, to Richard Nixon’s Southern strategy, to our weaponized new conception of American exceptionalism, to the cult of celebrity that gave rise to Donald Trump. In an urgent and deeply incisive voice, Ben Fountain has fused history and the present day to paint a startling portrait of the state of our nation. Beautiful Country Burn Again is a searing indictment of how we came to this point and where we may be headed.
©2018 Ben Fountain (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
Locked in Temptation
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His job is to protect her - no matter the cost Police detective Joy Ingram's connection to elite security expert Stonewall Courson is instant. Undeniable. Electric. But her commitment to protect and serve has always come first. Everything else is secondary - especially when she uncovers an underground surrogate baby-making ring. Joy can't risk a distraction during the most important case of her career, not even one as sexy as reformed ex-con Stonewall. There are few things Stonewall values more than a strong woman. But when Joy's investigation draws her into a deadly conspiracy that goes deeper than she ever imagined, he must convince her that he's the best man to protect her. And while he puts his life on the line to save hers, the insatiable attraction between them becomes the one danger neither of them can escape.
©2017 Brenda Streater Jackson (P)2018 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Radiant Child
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Winner of the 2017 Randolph Caldecott Medal Winner of the 2017 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award An IndieBound Best Seller Somewhere in Brooklyn, a little boy dreams of being a famous artist, not knowing that one day he would make himself a king. Jean-Michael Basquiat and his unique collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, Javaka Steptoe's vivid text introduces young listeners to the powerful message that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean - and definitely not inside the lines - to be beautiful.
©2016 Javaka Steptoe (P)2017 Hachette Audio
School's First Day of School
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It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon recovers when he sees that he's not the only one going through first-day jitters.
©2016 Roaring Brook (P)2017 Weston Woods Studios Inc
Forget Me Not
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Brenda Jackson welcomes you back to Catalina Cove, where love is waiting to be reclaimed.... Ashley Ryan never doubted that her husband, Devon, was the love of her life. Even now, three years after Devon died in a car wreck while on a business trip, Ashley can’t bring herself to move on. But when her girlfriends surprise her with a getaway to beautiful Catalina Cove, Louisiana, she gets the shock of her life when she encounters a man - bearded, more rugged than before, but unmistakably her Devon. “Ray Sullivan” moved to this quiet coastal town after waking up in a hospital with amnesia. Haunted by a life he can’t remember, he’s built walls around his heart and a quiet life running boat tours - a life that includes no recollection of Ashley, a woman to whom he suddenly finds himself irresistibly drawn. Doctors warn Ashley of the danger in forcing her husband to remember the past. Though she longs to tell him the truth, she finds herself falling all over again for a man she knows may never truly come back to her. In this place where healing and second chances are just a heartbeat away, can love take root once more?
©2019 Brenda Jackson (P)2019 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Night Heat
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A corporate takeover is derailed by a passionate night neither expected in this sizzling Steele story from New York Times best-selling author Brenda Jackson! Sebastian Steele was the kind of man women dreamed about. He was drop-dead gorgeous, wickedly charming, and fabulously wealthy. So why wouldn’t Jocelyn Mason accept his offer to help run her struggling company with his reputation and business acumen? But Sebastian was a corporate shark, and Jocelyn knew that big fish didn’t swim with little fish, they swallowed them whole. It had been Sebastian’s intention to take over Mason Builders, but when he started to work with Jocelyn, sparks began to fly and they shared a sizzling, unforgettable night together. And soon it wasn’t clear who was bossing whom.... Previously published. Read the bingeworthy Forged of Steele series: Never Too Late Solid Soul Night Heat Beyond Temptation Risky Pleasures Irresistible Forces Intimate Seduction Hidden Pleasures A Steele for Christmas Private Arrangements Possessed by Passion Seduced by a Steele Claimed by a Steele
©2009 Brenda Jackson (P)2021 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
The Wife He Needs
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Will this billionaire bachelor say “I do” to love? Find out, only from New York Times best-selling author Brenda Jackson! He desires her more than any other woman. But falling in love isn’t part of the plan. The arrangement is simple: a two-week getaway, then a marriage of convenience. Until Garth Outlaw’s potential bride is a no-show. Now family pilot Regan Fairchild is sharing his bed - and he can’t get enough...even though he’s vowed never to love again. Can Regan convince him the wife he needs and the woman he desires are one and the same? From Harlequin Desire: Luxury, scandal, desire - welcome to the lives of the American elite. Westmoreland Legacy: The Outlaws The Wife He Needs The Marriage He Demands
©2020 Brenda Jackson (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Forged in Desire
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Strong enough to protect her. Bold enough to love her. When good girl Margo Connelly becomes Lamar "Striker" Jennings's latest assignment, she knows she's in trouble. And not just because he's been hired to protect her from an underworld criminal. The reformed bad boy's appeal is breaching all her defenses, and as the threats against her increase, Margo isn't sure which is more dangerous: the gangster targeting her, or the far-too-alluring protector tempting her to let loose. Though Striker's now living on the right side of the law, he's convinced his troubled past keeps Margo out of his league. But physical chemistry explodes into full-blown passion when they go on the run together. Surrendering to desire could be a deadly distraction - or finally prove that he's the only man qualified to keep her safe, and win her love.
©2017 Brenda Streater Jackson (P)2018 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Duty or Desire
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New York Times best-selling author What happens when a man of unshakable conviction meets the woman who rocks his world? Pete Higgins is an honorary Westmoreland, a man of his word - of course he'll put duty to his orphaned niece first. Too bad the temporary nanny is tempting him with every look. Myra Hollister captivates him. But she’s keeping dangerous secrets, the kind that remind Pete of all he’s lost before and what he can’t afford to lose again....
©2019 Brenda Jackson (P)2019 HarperAudio
Trouble Don't Last
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Eleven-year-old Samuel was born as Master Hackler's slave, and working the Kentucky farm is the only life he's ever known - until one dark night in 1859, that is. With no warning, cranky old Harrison, a fellow slave, pulls Samuel from his bed and, together, they run. The journey north seems much more frightening than Master Hackler ever was, and Samuel's not sure what freedom means aside from running, hiding, and starving. But as they move from one refuge to the next on the Underground Railroad, Samuel uncovers the secret of his own past - and future. And old Harrison begins to see past a whole lifetime of hurt to the promise of a new life - and a poignant reunion - in Canada. In a heartbreaking and hopeful first novel, Shelley Pearsall tells a suspenseful, emotionally charged story of freedom and family.
©2002 Shelley Pearsall (P)2019 Recorded Books
Set the Night on Fire
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A magisterial, riveting movement history of Los Angeles in the '60s. Los Angeles in the '60s was a hotbed of political and social upheaval. The city was a launchpad for Black Power - where Malcolm X and Angela Davis first came to prominence and the Watts uprising shook the nation. The city was home to the Chicano Blowouts and Chicano Moratorium, as well as being the birthplace of “Asian American” as a political identity. It was a locus of the antiwar movement, gay liberation movement, and women’s movement, and, of course, the capital of California counterculture. Mike Davis and Jon Wiener provide the first comprehensive movement history of LA in the '60s, drawing on extensive archival research and dozens of interviews with principal figures, as well as the authors’ storied personal histories as activists. Following on from Davis’ award-winning LA history, City of Quartz, Set the Night on Fire is a historical tour de force, delivered in scintillating and fiercely beautiful prose.
©2020 Mike Davis and Jon Wiener (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
King and the Dragonflies
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Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy - that he thinks he might be gay. "You don't want anyone to think you're gay too, do you?" But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's death.
©2011 Scholastic Inc (P)2020 Scholastic Inc
Claimed by a Steele
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Indulge in this tale of ultimate seduction from New York Times best-selling author Brenda Jackson, part of the binge-worthy Forged of Steele series. Perfect for fans of the popular Westmoreland series and consumers of passionate contemporary romances! This playboy CEO is handsome, successful, and always in the driver’s seat...but is he ready for the wildest ride of his life? Agreeing that a PR stunt would be good for business, trucking company CEO Gannon Steele invites reporter Delphine Ryland to hitch a ride cross-country. Soon, he’s keeping his eyes on his sexy passenger instead of the destination ahead, and when the trip turns from strictly business to strictly pleasure, the consequences might be more than this rough-and-ready bachelor can handle.... From Harlequin Desire: Luxury, scandal, desire - welcome to the lives of the American elite. Forged of Steele: Never Too Late Solid Soul Night Heat Beyond Temptation Risky Pleasures Irresistible Forces Intimate Seduction Hidden Pleasures A Steele for Christmas Private Arrangements Possessed by Passion Seduced by a Steele Claimed by a Steele
©2020 Brenda Jackson (P)2020 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited